re: #399 Gus 802
Add the French to the mix and you get a full story of liberals going to war!
The French tend not to be the best militray tacticians, the Maginal Line & the defence of Bien Diem Phu.
The French Commander, decided to put his forces in a valley. He was sure that Ho Che Minh’s forces could never get their guns up on the high ground. Alas they did & the French garrison fell.
They turned around & gave the same commander the same job in Algiers.